The jury spent 11 hours deliberating in the case against Wesley Shifflett, who they ultimately convicted of a lesser crime in the death of Timothy Johnson.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A former Fairfax County police officer accused of killing an unarmed man during a police chase in Tysons Corner Center was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter but guilty of reckless discharge of a firearm following a week-long trial.

After nearly 12 hours of deliberation, a jury found a former Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) sergeant not guilty of involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a suspected shoplifter at Tysons Corner last year.

Prosecutors argued that Shifflett, then a sergeant with Fairfax County Police, acted recklessly when he shot and killed an unarmed man, Timothy McCree Johnson, after a short foot chase outside

A former Fairfax County police sergeant who fatally shot Timothy McCree Johnson outside Tysons Corner Center last year has been acquitted of manslaughter following a nearly two-week trial.

A jury has found former Fairfax County police sergeant Wesley Shifflett not guilty of involuntary manslaughter but guilty of reckless handling of a firearm.

The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) on Monday released body camera footage from a deadly shooting involving an officer last month in Reston. That shooting happened in an apartment complex back on Sept.

The Fairfax County Police Department has released footage from an officer’s body camera showing a knife-wielding woman slashing the officer several times before he shot and killed her in the hallway of her Reston apartment building last month.